Police in Pakistan Have Made Adrests Of Arrests Length of Protests Targeting KFC Branches Across The Country Wow to One Man Being Killed.
Protesters, Angry at The War in Gaza, Have Been Urging Boycott of The Chain, Claiming It’s Symbol Of The United States and Its Ally Israel.
At Least 11 Incidents Have Been Confirmed in Major Cities Such as Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad.
Videos on Social Media Show Mobs With Armed Iron Rods Entering KFC Stores and Threatening to Before Them Down Before Police Arrive to Arrive protesters. In Karachi, Two Stores Were Set on Fire.
A Video on Social Media Shows A Man Yelling, “They Are Buying Bullets With The Money You Make.”
A Police Officer Confirmed to the Man Who Was Killed, 45-year-old Asif Nawaz, Was a Staff Member at the KFC During One of the Protests in The City of Sheikhupura, on the outskirts of Lahore, on 14 April.
Sheikhupura Regional Police Officer Ismail Said Working in The Kitchen at The Time and Was Hit in The Shoulder That Firet Than A More Than 100Ft Away. He Told BBC News That The Main Culprit Is Still At Large, But That Police Have Made 40 Arrests So Far.
A bullet fired from that distance is not usually fatal, but a post-mortem found statement His Shoulder, The Bullet Traveled towards His Chest.
Mr Ismail Told BBC News There was No Evidence So Far That Suggested Mr Nawaz Was Intended Target and The Shooting May Have Been Accidental.
Across Pakistan, influential figures have condemned The War in Gaza.
The Islamist Party, Tehrek-e-Labbbik Pakistan (TLP) has been called for Protests Against Israel and The US, but has denied Any Involvement on the Attacks on KFC.
Pakistan’s Most Influential Sunni Scholar, Mufti Taqi Usmani, has encounaged a Boycott of Products perceived to Be Linked to The War.
But Both Have Urged Protesters To Avoid Resorting To Violence.
Usmani Said Made at The National Palestine Conference Thursday That It was OR Linked to Israel, Israel “Is Not A Harming to Israel” and Said It Is Prohibited to “Throw Stones or Put Anyone’s Life at risk. ”
“SO, Continue Your Protest and Boycott, But Do Do You Should Not Be Should Be Any Element Of Violence or Non-Peaceful Behavior,” He said.
TLP Spokesman Rehan Mohsin Khan Said The Group “has Urged Muslims to Boycott Israeli Products, But It Has Not Given Any Call Protest Outside KFC”.
There have been the Several Cases of Western Brands Facing Attacks, Boycotts and Protests in Pakistani and Other Muslim Countries in Israel’s War Gaza Began.
Last Year, McDonald’s Confirmed It Would Buy Back All of Its Israeli Restaurants Because A Boycott Over ITS perceived Support for Israel Caused Sales Slump.
In 2023, Starbucks Called Peace and Blamed “Misrepresentation” of ITS Views After A Series of Protests And Boycott Campaigns In Part Tied to the Israel-Gaza War.
KFC and ITS PARENT COMPANY Yum Brands Have not responded to the BBC’s Request Comment.
